adjacency

noun
UK: /əˈdʒeɪ.sən.si/
US: /əˈdʒeɪ.sən.si/

  1. The state of being next to or near something else.

    1. The park's adjacency to the school is very convenient. [ ] [ ]
    2. The value of the land is increased by its adjacency to the highway. [ ] [ ]

  2. The property of two nodes in a graph being connected by an edge.

    1. We studied the adjacency of nodes in the complex network. [ ] [ ]
    2. The adjacency matrix showed the relationship between all nodes in the graph. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

proximity vicinity

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "adjacency" in English means: The state of being next to or near something else., The property of two nodes in a graph being connected by an edge..

The phonetic transcription of "adjacency" is /əˈdʒeɪ.sən.si/ in British English and /əˈdʒeɪ.sən.si/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "adjacency": proximity, vicinity.

Example usage of "adjacency": "The park's adjacency to the school is very convenient.". More examples on the page.